Rome: Total War gold edition review (Rome: Total War Gold Edition (PC))

Member Name: NuclearPancake

Product:	Rome: Total War Gold Edition (PC)
Date:	04/09/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Alot of micromanagement, enormous battles, stunning music, huge campagin map

Disadvantages: Music can get repetative, A.I seems a little too easy at times

Rome: Total War gold was the first Total War game i played and still play.
Created by Creative Assembly, the Total War series has brought huge battles and never before seen control aswell as impecable historical accuracy to the PC and now sets the standard for both real time and turned based stratagy games.

Rome: Total War shows of the first and best mix of turn based economy management and real time huge scale battles and with its adaptability across a wide range of PCs, it became an instant hit.

The campaign map stretches from from Spain to what is now know as Afghanistan.
Rome takes place in (you guessed it ) Roman times and so you must take control of one of 3 Roman families that govern large areas of Italy, the factions of Italy are:

The Brutii - to the south
The Scipii - in the middle
The Julii - to the north
SPQR or the senate - Controls Rome

You can choose to be any of these factions but as you conquer factions in the campaign mode, you may play as some in a campagin.

Features:
A mix of turn-based managment and real time battles
Huge battles of up to 1000 soldiers a side
Good level of micro managing
Online multiplayer

Rome: Total war is an all time classic and should be played by all and though its graphics are being outdated the solid game mechanics and amazing soundtracks remain.

Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion is an expansion to Rome and features some updates to the system as well as the introduction of Barbarians set around the time of the fall of Rome you can play as many of the famous Barbarian tribes including the Franks, Vandals, Huns or even the Western or Eastern Roman empires.

No longer do you just destroy all of a factions cities to destory them, now they form a horde and migrate looking for a new home and so to destroy the faction you must destroy the horde, which will prove alot more difficult.

Overall this game or just the original Rome: Total War is worth playing no matter what kind of gamer you are and its a game that still has a large following.

Summary: An amazing combination of management and epic battles, try this game